Asia’s Growing Scourge: Methamphetamines

Yaba begins to replace heroin as the drug of choice

By: Michele Penna

Mammoth seizures of crystal methamphetamines in February and April by authorities in Myanmar’s Shan state are a reminder that Covid-19 isn’t the only epidemic affecting Southeast Asia. A much older plague keeps on killing thousands both locally and internationally.

In a series of raids on production facilities, police found 500 kilograms…